Are the Academy Awards in their flop era? In 1998, the Oscars drew 55 million viewers to their self-professed glamorous ceremony, but 2021 the ratings hit an all-time low of just 9.8 million. Brutal, but why? We lay out the biggest reason why the Oscars – and industry award shows in general – are sliding into irrelevancy.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Do you plan on watching the Oscars this year?
00:40 A vibe shift
01:18 The digital protest
03:38 Does the Oscars sell tickets?
04:18 Self-discovery is killing the Academy
05:38 Film culture today

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